3 Lessons My 80+ Year Old Grandmother Taught Me About Social Media.

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I have always been very close with my grandparents.   They are in their late 80′s, still sharp as a tack living down in Florida.  I call them every few weeks just to check in.

Grandpa – “Hello”

Me – “Grandpa, it’s Josh!”

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Busy CEO’s and Their Tricks To Be Active In Social Media.

Believe it or not, CEO’s like Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson and Marriot CEO Bill Marriott have found time in their busy schedule to have some of the most popular blogs on the web.

How have they done it? Time management of course. Here is what one CEO has to say:

“My schedule is unpredictable at the moment,” says Barry Sutton, CEO of Hellbound Wine & Spirits whose company is in the process of launching a new wine brand.  “I take every opportunity when I have any downtime to talk with users on our Twitter page. During this downtime I am swimming in a sea of information: business, viniculture, design, politics, entertainment, so I take the opportunity to post up information that is of interest to me [and] hopefully is also of interest to our customers and fans.” (more…)

Social Media isn’t dead but boy can it be deadly!

I love social media. And I love trying and testing new stuff. If there’s some new social media tool, website, or community, I’ll be one of the first ones to try it out.

But there is a limit. And I think we need to be careful. Because social media is like a drug. It can become dangerously addictive. It can even kill your business.

Social media seems to be the current fad. Everybody’s in on it like it’s one big cocktail party you just don’t want to leave.

But the way social media is currently being touted, hyped up, and used (or should I say, abused), is reminiscent of something that happened way back in the 90s.
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The Secret To Social Media Success..

Everyone Wants To Know The Secret……

The Newbies all want to know what the secret to succeeding in social media is.  I’ll give you the straightest answer I can, and any top earner will agree with me, THERE IS NO SECRET!

In Fact, You are the secret.

You See, online people see the finished product of those who have been successful entrepreneurs online. What they have not seen is all of the BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS that went into the journey to that success.

People want to know what it takes, but the truth is, when you tell them, they don’t want to hear it.

They don’t want to hear that I’ve spent $10,000 on programs, systems and education.  They dont want to hear that top earners usually don’t sleep much.

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